Centennial Light

The Centennial Light is an incandescent light bulb recognized as the oldest known operating light bulb. It was first illuminated in 1901, and has only been turned off a few brief times since.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: world’s longest-lasting light bulb
  • Also known as: “Centennial Bulb”, “Centennial Light Bulb”, and “Oldest Light Bulb”
  • Address: 4550 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bank of Italy and Vasco Road station.

Historic building
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The Building is a historical building in . It was built in 1921 and listed to the National Register of Historic Places on April 15, 1994. is situated 1½ miles west of Centennial Light.

Railway station
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is an ACE station on Vasco Road in eastern . The station mainly serves the workers of , Sandia National Laboratory and the surrounding industrial and office parks in eastern Livermore in addition to commuters from Livermore headed to job centers in the to the southwest. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Centennial Light.

Railway station
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Livermore is a train station in downtown . is situated 1½ miles west of Centennial Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trevarno and Livermore.

Neighborhood
is a section of , , , built by a company, based at , near , manufacturing safety fuses.

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is a suburban city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Like its neighbor , it lies in the region; however, is closer to the Altamont Pass, which separates the Tri-Valley from the vast .

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of the city of in , . Prior to its annexation into Livermore, was an unincorporated community. is situated 2 miles northeast of Centennial Light.

Centennial Light

Latitude
37.68021° or 37° 40′ 49″ north
Longitude
-121.7394° or 121° 44′ 22″ west
Open location code
849WM7J6+36
Open­Street­Map ID
node 746901440
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q736374
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Centennial Light” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اللمبة المئوية”
  • Armenian: “Հարյուրամյա լամպ”
  • Bengali: “শতবর্ষী বাতি”
  • Chinese: “百年燈泡”
  • Czech: “Centennial Light”
  • Czech: “Nejdéle svítící žárovka na světě”
  • Dutch: “Centennial Light”
  • Esperanto: “Centjara ampolo”
  • French: “ampoule centenaire”
  • French: “Ampoule centenaire”
  • German: “Centennial Light”
  • Hausa: “Cententennial”
  • Hebrew: “נורת המאה”
  • Hungarian: “Évszázados villanykörte”
  • Hungarian: “Százéves Fény”
  • Indonesian: “Centennial Light”
  • Italian: “lampadina centenaria”
  • Italian: “Lampadina centenaria”
  • Japanese: “100年電球”
  • Korean: “센테니얼 라이트”
  • Lithuanian: “Šimtametė šviesa”
  • Malayalam: “സെന്റിനിയൽ ലൈറ്റ്”
  • Persian: “لامپ صدساله”
  • Polish: “Centennial Light”
  • Portuguese: “Centennial Bulb”
  • Portuguese: “Lâmpada Centenária”
  • Russian: “Столетняя лампа”
  • Serbian: “Стогодишња сијалица”
  • Sinhala: “Centennial Light”
  • Slovenian: “Centennial Light”
  • Spanish: “bombilla centenaria”
  • Spanish: “Centennial Light”
  • Swedish: “The Centennial Light”
  • Telugu: “సెంటెనియల్ లైట్”
  • Turkish: “Centennial Light”
  • Ukrainian: “Столітня лампа”
  • Vietnamese: “Centennial Light”
  • Western Armenian: “Սենթէնեալ լայթ”
  • “suno pi tenpo sike ale”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fire Station 6;Fire Station No. 6 and Robert Livermore Community Center.

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